The World of Basketball Books
.Jack McCallum, who writes for Sports Illustrated, covered the Phoenix Suns for the entire 2005-06 NBA season for 7 Seconds or Less. The veteran reporter first accompanied the team in the preseason to write an article for his employer. This led to the idea of covering the Suns for the entire season and writing about … Read more
Larry Bird – with the help noted Boston journalist and author Bob Ryan – wrote Drive: The Story of my Life while he was still active. Since Bird missed most of the 1988-89 season due to injury, he had time to try out his literary skills. Although Bird added a few chapters to his career … Read more
I had already briefly mentioned The Book of Basketball in the last (and first) blog post about The Breaks of the Game by David Halberstam. Bill Simmons should be a household to most basketball fans around the world. Be it because of this book or because of his podcast. The book – at least the … Read more